JDK 8 and properties

Bruce Chapman wrote:
> On 6/10/2011 5:45 a.m., Loic Descotte wrote:
>>> Yes lombok-like features would be great
>> It's a shame to be forced to use an external tool to do this :(
>>>> I am fairly certain that a lombok style solution can be made to work in
> a standard way. If that is the case, then it is not a language feature
> at all.
>> When I can drag myself away from the embedded development that is
> consuming more than a healthy proportion of both my mind and my time, I
> might have do a quick proof of concept. If someone else wants to have a
> go, I can point them in the direction I am thinking.
>
FWIW, I wrote up a proof of concept implementation of properties support
via standard annotation processing a few years ago:
http://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/properties_via_annotation_processing
-Joe